BHUBANESWAR: YESTERYEAR Odia actress Manimala Devi passed away
after prolonged illness here on Thursday. She was 86. Manimala was
admitted to a City-based private hospital a week back. As her condition
deteriorated, she was put on ventilator support on Wednesday. She acted
in 28 Odia films of which 14 bagged the National Film Awards including
her debut film ‘Sri Loknath’ in 1960. The State Government had
felicitated her with the prestigious Jayadev award for 2000. Born on
June 19, 1931 at Balibishi village of Kendrapara district, Manimala had
joined Annapurna Theatre at the tender age of eight. She began her
career as a child artiste in Annapurna Group B and went on to perform
in at least 100 plays.
As a leading actress, she featured in films like ‘Laxmi’, ‘Bhai
Bhauja’, ‘Kaa’, ‘Malajanha’, ‘Abhinetri’ and ‘Suryamukhi’, which also
bagged a number of awards. She also acted in Nirad Mohapatra’s ‘Maya
Miriga’ which bagged the Rashtrapati Award as the second best film in
1983. Manimala also acted in director Manmohan Mohapatra’s films such
as ‘Bhinna Samaya’, ‘Andha Diganta’ and ‘Klanta Aparanha’.Manimala was
trained as a singer and classical dancer under the tutelage of Gurus
Balakrushna Das, Dhiren Das and Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik. She was
selected as an accredited singer for Akashvani Kendra.Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan and BJP
State president Basant Panda condoled her death. A host of actors and
actresses from Odia film industry visited her residence here to pay
their last respects. The last rites were performed in Swargadwara in
Puri.
June 16, 2016
Bollywood News
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